Venus Williams has agreed to be deposed in the wrongful death suit filed by the family of the 78-year-old man killed in the June crash in Palm Beach Gardens involving the tennis star DailyMail.com has learned exclusively.

Just days ago, the case took a nasty turn as new court documents revealed the tennis star was refusing to respond to a deposition date.

Attorneys for the estate of Jerome Barson, Steinger, Iscoe & Greene said Venus' legal team had been contacted numerous times since July but never got a response. They had asked the judge to get involved.an answer- so now they want the judge to get involved.

But now, the court has been advised that Venus has filed a Notice of Availability and will be deposed by the Basron family's counsel.

Jerome was 78-years-old when he died as a result of his injuries after the collision with Venus' car. His wife Linda was driving at the time of the accident and was injured but survived.

The Barson estate is asking for a judge to compel Venus to give a deposition date.

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Venus Williams has finally agreed to be deposed in the wrongful death suit filed against her by an attorney for the family of Jerome Barson who was killed in the crash

According to Steinger, Iscoe & Greene, attorneys for the family of Jerome Barson who died in a fatal car accident in June (left, with his wife Linda Barson) Venus was dodging requests dating back to July for a date to be deposed in the wrongful death case against her

Last week, Venus filed documents that said another driver who escaped unscathed is at least partly to blame for the accident.

In that court filing the 37-year-old tennis star says there was a third driver in a dark colored sedan who drove away from the scene unscathed.

The sedan was heading in the opposite direction and that violated her right of way by cutting in front in her in the intersection to make a left turn.

Venus says that other driver's 'improper left hand turn' made her slow down to avoid hitting the sedan, which effectively left her hanging in the intersection.

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Seconds later Linda Barson t-boned Venus' SUV. Barson's husband Jerome later died from his injuries sustained in the accident.

Venus says if she's at all at fault, the unidentified sedan driver should at least share in the blame.

A police report initially said Venus was to blame for the crash because she turned left into the Barson's path and that they had the legal right of way when they slammed into her.

But investigators later said she entered the intersection on a green light and was forced to stop because another car cut in front of her, according to security camera footage.

The Barsons' Hyundai after the collision with Williams is pictured. The car was totaled

Williams turned over cellphone records to attorneys representing the family of 78-year-old Barson who died after a June 9 car crash in June

'Venus Williams entered that intersection on a green light, her progress was impeded and she had the right by state law to get through the intersection,' her lawyer Malcolm Cunningham said.

As the wrongful death case in Palm Beach County Court unfolds- Venus had to turn over phone records to the Barson family attorney in August.

Jerome Barson's family sought the records to find out if Venus was on the phone and distracted just prior to the crash.

Her lawyers say she wasn't distracted.

Barson died 13 days after police say Venus drove into the path of the sedan Jerime's wife was driving. Venus hasn't been cited or charged by police.

In July, Venus opposed a 'notice of production', objecting to a motion that asked to see her cellphone records as part of the wrongful death lawsuit filed against her.

Barson's lawyers have said security camera footage shows Williams moving her hand towards her face in the moments before the June 9 collision – and they want to know if she was using a cellphone.

Williams insists her signal was green when she turned into the intersection of Northlake Boulevard and BallenIsles Drive, saying she couldn't get clear of the intersection because of traffic.

The light turned while Williams was still in the intersection, and Linda Barson was driving a Hyundai Accent when it T-boned the tennis star.

Her husband, who was seated in the passenger seat, was taken to the hospital with internal bleeding and organ damage before he died two weeks later on his wife's 68th birthday.

The court has been advised that Venus has filed a Notice of Availability and has agreed to be deposed by the Barson family's counsel, Steinger, Iscoe & Greene

Venus' attorneys also said Jerome Barson was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash - a claim his lawyers disputed, arguing the car's 'black box' showed both passengers had buckled up.

The Wimbledon finalist is also claiming the Barsons failed to adequately maintain and repair their vehicle and blasts the extent of the plaintiff's alleged permanent injury, scarring or disfigurement.

The lawsuit claims Linda Barson suffered a crack sternum, a shattered right arm, broken right wrist, hand, and fingers - which Venus is now demanding be stricken from the complaint due to them being 'immaterial' and 'impertinent' to the case.

According to court papers, Venus is now demanding the estate hand over all autopsy reports, death certificate, copies of marriage certificates, tax returns for past five years, life insurance policies, health insurance policies.

Meanwhile, the Barsons' attorney Michael Steinger said data from Venus' SUV shows she accelerated from 0 to 20mph in just four seconds.

Steingner told TMZ that he believes Venus 'looked up, saw the red light and gunned it' before being t-boned by the Barsons.